Alone in the dark

@omar0913 (942)
Legaspi, Philippines
October 16, 2008 6:28am CST
Are you afraid of being alone in the dark? I used to be afraid being alone in the dark, when that time happen, I felt so nervous and I begin to chill, my eyes are open wide and every sudden movements in the dark makes my heart pounding hard. That fear embraced me for over twelve years, till I found out a cure. It was friend who introduced me to a therapist specializing on fears. If its not for free I would'nt dare to be treated, to get to the point, I was used for study purposes. the therapist succeded in curing me by some hypnotism sessions alone. I remember a phrase he used to told me to repeat after him, "the night is wonderful, it makes me fell great". Do you experienced thesame fear of being alone? or what fears holds you for so many years?
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@rsa101 (37960)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
Wow that is something new to me hypnotism. Although I have heard about it but this is the first time I heard that hypnotism has cured the fear out of a person. If it did for you then good for you. I also had that kind of fear but I managed to outgrow it in time and that fear is not a problem with me now. I wish I could consult you friend as well if he's good at it.
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@rsa101 (37960)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
That is good... what is his profession by the way is he a clinical psychologist? When I was young I used to love the subject back then but that was not the course I pursued in college back then.
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@omar0913 (942)
• Legaspi, Philippines
17 Oct 08
Yeah he is, I forgot the first name, but I used to call him DR Tan, He does not look like chinese, instead he looks like mexican.
@omar0913 (942)
• Legaspi, Philippines
17 Oct 08
Yeah He's really good at it! infact I have heared from my friend that he's in europe now I think he's on an ongoing training to broaden up his knowledge about hypnotism. They are trying to prove that hypnotism can cure skin disorders.
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• China
16 Oct 08
I am afraid me to fear, Alone in the dark ,periphery a piece of darkness,all belong to silent I can hear my heart. Fear ;lonly ;insomnia. In the dark i need friends
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• China
17 Oct 08
Thank you! nice to meet you!
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@omar0913 (942)
• Legaspi, Philippines
20 Oct 08
It's so nice to have a friend who needed to have a friend. Take care....LOL
@omar0913 (942)
• Legaspi, Philippines
17 Oct 08
when you need friends I myself is available to be of friends to you.
@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
17 Oct 08
i used to... but not anymore... i think i'm more afraid of being left at home at night by myself or losing my way... but i always pray to God to help me to get over my fear... take care and have a nice day...
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@omar0913 (942)
• Legaspi, Philippines
17 Oct 08
Wherever you may go and whatever you do always take care, and praying to God for safety is the best thing a person can do, specialy when you are dealing with your fears. Just always lock all your doors if ever you left alone in your house and stay alert. It is better also to have a dog outside and inside of your households, to keep those bad elements away from your place. Have a nice day As well.
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
No not really, i like dark, i turn off all the lights in my bedroom when i go to sleep, i feel peace in darkness. I'm a loner most of the time i want to be alone by my own.
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@omar0913 (942)
• Legaspi, Philippines
17 Oct 08
I will not object! you have the right to do what you want in your life. The only thing I want to say is that alwys take good care of your self wherever you are and whatever you do. God Bless :)
@RenoMan (90)
• Togo
16 Oct 08
I'm not afraid of being alone in the dark. If it's too dark to see and something happens, I'd rather be alone so I don't have to worry about someone else getting hurt and can concentrate on taking proper care of myself. I'm not really afraid of much, except my wife. She scares the hair right off my back.:)
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@omar0913 (942)
• Legaspi, Philippines
17 Oct 08
Same as I, I fear my wife, I think I need another therapy for that LOL hahahaha!.
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• Togo
17 Oct 08
We'll go together buddy. There's strength in numbers I hear.:))
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• Hong Kong
17 Oct 08
no.im not afraid of the dark. though at times it is scary....eerie more like it. but i steel myself and make myself believe that i am not afraid of the dark. we must conquer all our fears.... i fear most....sicknesses...losing loved ones.... dramatic heh?!
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@omar0913 (942)
• Legaspi, Philippines
17 Oct 08
Good for you of not fearing being alone in the dark, if you fear of sickness and or lossing loveones just believe in your self that it will not affect your life totaly. Lossing love ones always comes to us, and its okey to grieve for that emotions can never be wipe away in just a day, it takes time to heal. By learning to accept things that comes out to you and for your family, it helps lessen the process of healing. Take Care always....
@MissGia (955)
• United States
16 Oct 08
When i was a little girl i used to be petrified to be alone in the dark. I'm 23 now and it doesn't bother me at all anymore. I think i stopped being afraid of it when i realized that nothing bad ever happened in the dark to me, so why be afraid of it.
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@omar0913 (942)
• Legaspi, Philippines
17 Oct 08
really nothing bad will happen to you if you are alone in the dark, but if you have company such as guys, dark places is actually the place were bad things happen. Take Care.....
@metschica25 (5399)
• United States
16 Oct 08
Aww, I hope the dark is okay for you now . When i was little afer i would watch a scary movie , or was alone in the house i was a little restless . i think i still have my moments now . esp winter when it gets dark early , and my fiance will be working late . kinda sucks!
@omar0913 (942)
• Legaspi, Philippines
17 Oct 08
Yes it's okey for me now, I can stand the dark places now. Just make sure that your doors are all lock if your fiance will be working late. Take care always....LOL
• China
17 Oct 08
totally same as you!!! i used to be afraid being alone in the dark when i was young, i can't be alone in the dark. i remember i would turn on all the night in the room, and then hide in a corner, i think that's the safest, haha, how stupid i was, but after years and years, i don't be afraid being alone in the dark as young,and i feel i like to be alone in the dark, i can take a good rest in the dark, and free my mind. everyone will face that situation and i think you must be stand in by your own. but sometimes i think there is someone beside you in my mind when i am alone in the dark, then i feel more confidence to carry on.
@omar0913 (942)
• Legaspi, Philippines
17 Oct 08
Our belief that theres nothing creepy nor any bad things that will happen to us while we are in the dark, is one kind of courage. when you see something in the dark which realy does'nt exist, that goes to show that your imaginations are working and that was normal, to overcome those fears, one must work in boosting his or her confidence. Nice Response Thanks!
@lynnemg (4529)
• United States
17 Oct 08
I am not totally afraid of being alone in the dark, but it makes me really uncomfortable. When my husband is working out of town, I tend to fall asleep while reading a book or watching television. Even when I know I am close to falling asleep, I refrain from turning the lights out just so it isn't dark. There is something about being alone in the quiet darkness that hinders my ability to fall asleep.
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@omar0913 (942)
• Legaspi, Philippines
17 Oct 08
When you get used to sleep with your partner at home, if the times that he or she is out, one might find it uncomfortable to sleep alone, there's a tendency that even how sleepy you are, still you fight for it to keep your eyes open, but the outcome of it is headache. Take Care ....LOL....
@kinue73 (16)
• Indonesia
17 Oct 08
being alone in the dark??? that's happen to me almost every night... hehe just kidding yeah, when I was a child, I scared to sleep alone because of the darkness. Its said that in the darkness you will see a ghost...so, I always sleep with my father. But my father told me that if you sacred in the dark, pray to the God and you will be fine. I do that and nothing happens.
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@omar0913 (942)
• Legaspi, Philippines
17 Oct 08
Praying and the belief of the power of GOD will totaly conquer all fears in your life, So I strongly suggest to continue your belief. God Bless.....
@catdla1 (6005)
• United States
17 Oct 08
I've always loved being in the dark. It's a time to let the imagination play with all kinds of thoughts and ideas. These can be the result of a movie you've seen, a book you've read, or even a song. The trick is to channel your mind travel on happy pathways. Of course, this time of year when we celebrate Halloween, it's fun to get a little scared too.
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@omar0913 (942)
• Legaspi, Philippines
17 Oct 08
Hahaha! Yes this halloween is the time for us to be scared or to scare somebody. Realy some scary imaginations came from what we saw on TV's or movies, some are stories specialy from our granny's or some books and gossips that was filtered to our brains that develops our fear.
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• India
16 Oct 08
I also afraid in the dark in my childhood,not only in alone but in the presence of other also.Actully my fear is from darkness but as the time runs I got enough courage to fight with my fear and now I does not have these kind of fear.
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@omar0913 (942)
• Legaspi, Philippines
17 Oct 08
Good for you! LOL. Be not afraid of the dark.
• Philippines
16 Oct 08
Yes I am also afraid of the dark. But that was when I am still a child when my mind is a fertile ground for imaginations. But not anymore. Not because I am a grown up now. Not also because I engaged the services of therapist. For sure I cannot afford that. I don't know how but in me I have the motto "Face your fear." Its not that I am a superhuman or something but I have tried to do it most of the time I feel fear and the end result is great. One of which is that of my fear in the dark. My antidote is to go outside the house late in the night about 11 pm and stay there till 2 am. Of course i am alone. When I stare at my surroundings I feel so much afraid there being no lights at all as we live in a rural area. But as I look up the sky and stare at the beauty of the moon and stars, I enjoy it so much and makes me forget all of my fears of the dark. I did this many times till my fear is gone. Actually, stargazing even made me closer to God because when I am out there alone, I would speak with Him as if there were only two of us in the world. I am glad you overcame it already.
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@omar0913 (942)
• Legaspi, Philippines
17 Oct 08
Wow! As I have said if you believe that what you are doing could brings good to you and you stand to that belief you will for sure succed. Your right about talking with God when you feel fear in life and even in down times or in good times praise the Lord and thank Him for the every blessings you recieved and or about to recieve, such as waking up in the morning and the air you breath.
• United States
16 Oct 08
I'm only really afraid of the dark when i'm only and it's really quite otherwise i'm okay, but my sister is like 30 and she has always been scared of the dark. I do get chills when I start hearing noises or thinking that I see something.
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@omar0913 (942)
• Legaspi, Philippines
17 Oct 08
Hallucinations were all products of our sub-conscious mind and it only receive emotions such as our fear. Our brain was divided in two types the sub-conscious and the conscious mind. Our conscious mind knows that we fear of something and our subconscious will make it more realistic by creating images that we believe we might see in the dark.
@vimaal (3361)
• India
16 Oct 08
Hi omar, ya i live alone in the dark place. Because iam look like a LION... LOL.... take care...
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@omar0913 (942)
• Legaspi, Philippines
17 Oct 08
Hey! even lions needs sunlight, and lions are beautiful animals. Come out f the dark and face world of truth with light shining upon you. Good Morning LOL....
@jackiew (915)
• Canada
16 Oct 08
I hate being alone in the dark. I keep a light on if i am by myself.I think its because the neighborhood is so quiet at night and with everything shut off in the house you can hear every little noise. happy mylotting
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@omar0913 (942)
• Legaspi, Philippines
17 Oct 08
Yeah I as well keep the lights on as I wentto sleep, but that was before till I get married, now I can sleep without lights on, but I can't close my eyes if my wife still want to talk to me, or else I might find my self on the floor. Hehehehe...
• India
16 Oct 08
just like you even i am afraid to be alone and that too in the dark..... apart from the fear of darkness , i am afraid of heights, water and even thunderstorms
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• Pakistan
16 Oct 08
hi frinds alone in the dark i m very afraid cos i have seen much much amazing things in darkness while i was child and from that time i m much afraid from darkness Prince Sad
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@omar0913 (942)
• Legaspi, Philippines
17 Oct 08
Hello! What particular things do you saw in the dark? Before I saw creepy creatures with long pointed nails and very hairy body. Sometimes I saw elves with ugly faces, dirty teeth and green saliva running down his tounge, trying to lick my face.
• India
16 Oct 08
Yeah..! to the fact even i also scared of being alone in the dark.. i used to het scared when i move upstairs and downstairs in my house when all lights are off. Then one of my friend asked me to count the Numbers from 10 to 0 in reverse fastly then i use to follow that.. now i dont have any such scare of being alone.. I must thank my friend and if any one have the same problem they also can follow up this technique to solve it.. have a nice time
@omar0913 (942)
• Legaspi, Philippines
17 Oct 08
You know my therapist told me that in order to overcome your fears, one must believe that his or her method of curing will difinitely cure her or him. That's why when your friend told you to count certain numbers and you do it and you believe in it, then it will certainly be of good help in curing your fear.